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Maine court finds referendum blocking transmission line to Massachusetts unconstitutional

Maine’s Supreme Judicial Court ruled on Tuesday that a referendum effectively blocking a transmission line that would bring hydroelectric energy to Massachusetts was unconstitutional.

‘It was helplessly funny’: Amid frustrating Orange Line shutdown, some shuttle drivers provide positivity
From telling jokes to playing music over the speakers, some riders have been praising the upbeat attitudes of the shuttle bus drivers who have come to Boston during the Orange Line shutdown.

Surging rents, tight inventory could make moving day worse this year: ‘The whole thing is a thorn in the side of Boston’

This season, between Boston’s red-hot housing market and the snarled-up roads and rails, the annual Great Beantown Move could be even worse than usual.

Renting an apartment in the Boston area? Here’s what you need to know to protect yourself and save money.

How it started vs. how it’s going: What we’ve learned about COVID-19

As the sun sets on the third summer of the pandemic, here are a few things we thought we knew about COVID-19 at the start — and how they compare to with what we have learned since.

Government to suspend program that distributed free, at-home COVID-19 tests on Friday

Two hikers rescued from same trail in New Hampshire’s White Mountains

Two hikers were rescued from the same trail in the White Mountains on Monday, with one being hoisted by helicopter from the mountainside and another “hobbling” down a trail with assistance from rescue crews, according to New Hampshire Fish and Game.

George Warren, chairman of the Board of Trustees for the Mystic Valley Regional Charter School, talked to Yasmina Belatreche of Malden, a parent who has children at the school. She told Warren that as a teacher herself she was concerned to see Mystic Valley students losing trust in their own school.

THE GREAT DIVIDE

After Malden’s Mystic Valley Regional Charter School handling of student’s hijab, questions swirl over why such incidents continue to occur

Tensions ratcheted higher this month after a Muslim student and her family complained publicly about the way the school handled the eighth-grader’s decision to wear a hijab, a traditional religious head covering.

In a Suffolk DA race rocked by controversy, another question remains: Who has the right experience for the job?
Most of Ricardo Arroyo’s legal work was relatively brief and below the radar, a point his opponent in the race to be Suffolk district attorney has repeatedly raised in the lead-up to the Sept. 6 primary election.

‘It sounds like I don’t want to vote for either of them’: Controversy defines Suffolk DA’s race

Quentin Palfrey, a candidate for attorney general, campaigned in Framingham earlier this month.

Quentin Palfrey exits attorney general’s race, endorses rival Andrea Campbell

Palfrey's exit leaves a tight two-person primary race between former Boston City Councilor Andrea Campbell and prominent labor attorney Shannon Liss-Riordan.

Patriots cuts tracker: Tight end Devin Asiasi released, according to reports
The deadline for NFL teams to trim their rosters to 53 players is 4 p.m. on Tuesday.

Elon Musk (right) speaks during a news conference with Mike Sievert, president and CEO of T-Mobile US, at the SpaceX Starbase facility in Texas on Aug. 25.

INNOVATION BEAT

How new satellites will turn every phone into a sat phone

Last week, T-Mobile and SpaceX announced that ordinary smartphones on the carrier’s network would soon gain the ability to send texts in areas with no cellular coverage, thanks to connections to satellites.

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Cameron Smith, shown at the Tour Championship, won the British Open and The Players Championship this year.

World No. 2 Cameron Smith joins LIV Golf and will debut at Boston event this week

The full field of 48 for the LIV Golf Invitational Boston, which will be played at The International in Bolton, was announced Tuesday.

Tom Brady stood on the sidelines during an NFL football game against the Indianapolis Colts on Saturday in Indianapolis.

As gossip about Tom Brady’s 11-day absence continues, one peculiar explanation keeps cropping up

Seriously, did the GOAT miss all that practice with the Bucs because he’s going to be on a Fox singing competition? As the rumors continue to swirl, here's what we know.

Opinion

Manuel Castro, New York City’s immigrant affairs commissioner, spoke to the press before the arrival of migrants from Texas at the Port Authority Bus Terminal in New York on Aug. 17, 2022.

MARCELA GARCÍA

What if busloads of migrants from Texas came to Boston?

Texas Governor Greg Abbott’s buses full of migrants are a political stunt. But they’re also testing cities’ commitments to welcoming immigrants.

IDEAS | MARK G. WAGNER

The breakaway LIV Golf League is an affront to the game’s bedrock values

Andrea Campbell for attorney general

Is Massachusetts prepared for COVID-19 safety in the classroom?

The Munich massacre, 50 years on

The Big Picture | Alex LaSalvia

We asked 3 experts about the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom
The Emancipator sought out historians who bring complexity to this turning point in the story of the nation, helping us learn how our past affects our present and our future.

Orange Line shutdown

Orange Line work on schedule, 37 percent complete as governor tours State Street station
Governor Charlie Baker toured State Street station on Sunday to get a better picture of the progress on the Orange Line.

During first week of Orange Line shutdown, officials highlight obstacles cyclists often face
Boston Mayor Michelle Wu and Cambridge City Councilor Alanna Mallon took to Twitter this week to highlight common safety issues cyclists face.

Subway service cuts will remain in place for the fall; bus service to be further reduced, T says
Service cuts on the MBTA’s Red, Blue, and Orange Lines meant to last until the end of the summer will now remain in place through the fall, T officials said Wednesday, and bus service will be further cut starting Aug. 28.

Your guide to the MBTA’s Orange Line shutdown
The Orange Line is shut down until the morning of Sept. 19. Find shuttle bus routes, schedules, and guides to navigate Boston.

Pick your stops: Find an alternative Orange Line route

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US to respond to Trump’s request for special master to review Mar-a-Lago documents

The Trump legal team last week asked for the appointment of a special master who'd be tasked with reviewing the records taken during the search of Trump's Florida property and setting aside documents protected by claims of legal privilege.

Family demands answers after Harvard grad student, LGBTQ+ activist dies in police custody in Indonesia

Rodrigo Ventocilla, 32, a student at the Harvard Kennedy School from Peru, died in a hospital five days after he arrived in Bali and was taken into custody at the airport by authorities, who said he possessed items containing cannabis.

GETTING SALTY

Time Out Market Boston general manager Michael Minichello is always on the go
He shot pool at his parents’ bar and sneakily washed dishes as a Quincy teen. Now, he manages the Fenway’s first food hall.

Man indicted for 2012 rape of teenager in New Bedford

A Bristol County grand jury has indicted 28-year-old Dylan Ponte for allegedly raping a teenager in July 2012 in New Bedford, according to District Attorney Thomas M. Quinn III’s office and legal filings.

Worker sets fire to Lanesborough restaurant, officials say

An employee of the Olde Forge Restaurant in Lanesborough allegedly set fire to the business Sunday morning and will be summoned to court to face criminal charges.

Despite industry-wide stock slump, Mass. biotech startups raised $5.1 billion in the first half of 2022

Employment in the state’s biopharma industry grew by more than 12,400 last year, according to a report from MassBio.

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Samson Racioppi addressed attendees as rain started to fall at the second annual Refounding Fathers Festival in Auburn on Aug. 6.

A right-wing agitator who attended Jan. 6 riot is running for the Mass. House, testing state GOP’s appetite for extremism

Nominating Samson Racioppi would solidify the MassGOP’s hardline position in a year when some of its endorsed candidates for statewide office have embraced Trump’s falsehoods about election fraud and made vulgar, baseless claims about sex education in public schools.

‘He inspired many on that bike.’ Mourners post tributes to Kenyan cyclist killed in crash during Vermont race.
Prominent figures in the worlds of cycling, entertainment, and politics took to social media over the weekend to mourn the death of Sule Kangangi, the Kenyan cyclist who was killed in a crash during the Vermont Overland gravel race on Saturday.

A cleaner faces double the time on public transit after Orange Line shutdown
Juan Peña, a cleaner, has seen his commute double after the Orange Line shutdown.

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In Wellesley and the suburbs, the office market is thriving
Companies stationed in glitzy downtown high-rises have struggled to lure people back. But the outskirts of the city have so far resisted that fate.

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Culture & Lifestyle

Michael Tilson Thomas leads the BSO in Beethoven's Ninth Symphony.

Michael Tilson Thomas closes Tanglewood on a triumphant note

Director Rebecca Taichman, shown during a break in rehearsal of "Sing Street" at the New 42 Street Studios in New York City.

A Broadway detour brings ‘Sing Street’ to the Huntington

Michael Bobbitt, executive director of the Mass Cultural Council, with OrigiNation artistic director Shaumba Dibingae during a tour of the OrigiNation Cultural Arts Center at Forest Hills earlier this year.

Mass Cultural Council poised to distribute nearly $75 million to state’s cultural sector

Artist Steve Locke has won the deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum's Rappaport Prize.

Artist Steve Locke awarded Rappaport Prize by deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum

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Welcome Back to Boston

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A Beautiful Resistance

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‘On the Street’: The changing face of Greater Boston neighborhoods

The changing face of Greater Boston neighborhoods.

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Opinion, ideas, and commentary

Senator Elizabeth Warren, former Boston acting mayor Kim Janey, candidate Shannon Liss-Riordan, and Boston Mayor Michelle Wu spoke with the media outside the Boston Public Library on Aug. 27. Warren, Janey, and Wu officially endorsed Liss-Riordan, a candidate for Massachusetts attorney general.

Politics and revenge in the race for attorney general

Student loan debt activists rallied outside the White House on Thursday, Aug. 25, a day after President Biden announced a plan that would cancel up to $10,000 — and up to $20,000 for Pell Grant recipients — in student loan debt for those making less than $125,000 a year.

Timothy Scalona

College was my chance to escape poverty. I expect to graduate with $160,000 in student loan debt.

The plan delivers nothing to the actual most disadvantaged group in the economy, workers without any education after high school, which make up more than one-third of the adult population.

Biden’s student loan debt plan is driven by politics, not economics

Vice President Kamala Harris shows Gianna Floyd, the daughter of George Floyd, the executive order aimed at reforming policing practices after it was signed by President Joe Biden. The order creates a national registry of officers fired for misconduct and encourages state and local police to tighten restrictions on chokeholds and so-called no-knock warrants.

US must take a closer look at nonfatal police violence

Internal Revenue Service headquarters in Washington.

Beware: A more aggressive IRS is on the way

IDEAS | JOAN VENNOCHI

How the MBTA went off the rails

Metro

‘It was helplessly funny’: Amid frustrating Orange Line shutdown, some shuttle drivers provide positivity

From telling jokes to playing music over the speakers, some riders have been praising the upbeat attitudes of the shuttle bus drivers who have come to Boston during the Orange Line shutdown.

Quentin Palfrey exits attorney general’s race, endorses rival Andrea Campbell

Palfrey's exit leaves a tight two-person primary race between former Boston City Councilor Andrea Campbell and prominent labor attorney Shannon Liss-Riordan.

In a Suffolk DA race rocked by controversy, another question remains: Who has the right experience for the job?

Most of Ricardo Arroyo’s legal work was relatively brief and below the radar, a point his opponent in the race to be Suffolk district attorney has repeatedly raised in the lead-up to the Sept. 6 primary election.

R.I. lifts ban on outdoor fires at campgrounds, parks

Though the latest US Drought Monitor map shows that 99 percent of Rhode Island remains in “extreme” drought, recent rainstorms have reduced the risk of wildfires.

Sports

Devin Asiasi had two catches on seven targets for 39 yards and a touchdown in two seasons with the Patriots.

Patriots cuts tracker: Tight end Devin Asiasi released, according to reports

The deadline for NFL teams to trim their rosters to 53 players is 4 p.m. on Tuesday.

Cameron Smith, shown at the Tour Championship, won the British Open and The Players Championship this year.

World No. 2 Cameron Smith joins LIV Golf and will debut at Boston event this week

The full field of 48 for the LIV Golf Invitational Boston, which will be played at The International in Bolton, was announced Tuesday.

Kutter Crawford is 1-2 with a 7.46 ERA in five starts in August.

Red Sox at Twins | 7:40 p.m. (NESN)

Game 130: Red Sox at Twins lineups and notes

Kutter Crawford will be on the mound as the Red Sox look to even the series in Minnesota.

Twins 4, Red Sox 2

Two moments vs. the Twins showed exactly why the Red Sox appear destined for a last-place finish

Baseball notebook

Albert Pujols hits 694th career home run, breaks Barry Bonds’ record for most pitchers victimized

Serena Williams is embracing the moment, but she’s also not quite ready to exit center stage at US Open

Business

Former Westwood College students get federal debt canceled

Any federal student loans used to attend the for-profit Westwood College from 2002 through 2015 will be canceled after federal officials found that the school greatly exaggerated the job prospects of its graduates.

INNOVATION BEAT

How new satellites will turn every phone into a sat phone

Last week, T-Mobile and SpaceX announced that ordinary smartphones on the carrier’s network would soon gain the ability to send texts in areas with no cellular coverage, thanks to connections to satellites.

US approval of unions at highest point since 1965

Surging rents, tight inventory could make moving day worse this year: ‘The whole thing is a thorn in the side of Boston’

magazine

On Sept. 10, help raise money for the Jimmy Fund at Blooms, Brews & BBQ at Weston Nurseries in Hopkinton.

YOUR WEEK AHEAD

Five things to do for fun in and around Boston, Aug. 29-Sept. 11

A humpback whale breaches and is about to land on the writer and his friend paddling in the kayak.

After a whale crashed on top of my kayak, I set out to learn how they communicate

15 treats from Boston restaurants that taste as good as they look, for $20 or less

Summer Tomato Tian

Recipes: Summer tomatoes stand out in these side and salad dishes

metro

George Warren, chairman of the Board of Trustees for the Mystic Valley Regional Charter School, talked to Yasmina Belatreche of Malden, a parent who has children at the school. She told Warren that as a teacher herself she was concerned to see Mystic Valley students losing trust in their own school.

After Malden’s Mystic Valley Regional Charter School handling of student’s hijab, questions swirl over why such incidents continue to occur

You’re going to want to read David Cicilline’s new book

Man sentenced to 12 to 13 years in state prison following 2020 standoff in Hingham

sports

Serena Williams celebrates after defeating Danka Kovinic Monday night at the US Open.

Serena Williams rolls to straight-set win at US Open

Easy start for top seed Daniil Medvedev with a straight-sets victory over Stefan Kozlov

Jimmy Garoppolo agrees to reduced contract to stay with 49ers as Trey Lance’s backup

business

Joe Boncore is CEO of the industry trade group MassBio.

Despite industry-wide stock slump, Mass. biotech startups raised $5.1 billion in the first half of 2022

Musk’s lawyers subpoena Twitter whistle-blower

FTC accuses data broker of selling sensitive location data

politics

President Biden arrives on Air Force One at Andrews Air Force Base, Md., on Aug. 29, en route to Washington.

Biden to talk crime, gun control in swing state Pennsylvania

US to respond to Trump’s request for special master to review Mar-a-Lago documents

Biden to deliver prime-time speech on ‘battle’ for democracy

Nation

Creator of the Trapper Keeper, E. Bryant Crutchfield, dies at 85

Student loan relief limited for many by US drug war’s legacy

Alabama man’s execution was botched, advocacy group alleges

World

Iraqi security forces fire tear gas on followers of Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr protesting inside the government palace grounds, in Baghdad, Iraq, on Aug. 29.

Heavy gunfire rocks Iraq’s Green Zone amid violent protests

Dutch defense minister concerned at US gun violence

UN to seek $160 million in emergency aid for Pakistan floods

opinion

Vice President Kamala Harris shows Gianna Floyd, the daughter of George Floyd, the executive order aimed at reforming policing practices after it was signed by President Joe Biden. The order creates a national registry of officers fired for misconduct and encourages state and local police to tighten restrictions on chokeholds and so-called no-knock warrants.

US must take a closer look at nonfatal police violence

College was my chance to escape poverty. I expect to graduate with $160,000 in student loan debt.

Biden’s student loan debt plan is driven by politics, not economics

lifestyle

Tom Brady stood on the sidelines during an NFL football game against the Indianapolis Colts on Saturday in Indianapolis.

As gossip about Tom Brady’s 11-day absence continues, one peculiar explanation keeps cropping up

No one asks me out

Heading back to school? Here’s where you can use your student discount around Boston

food & dining

Zorongollo (Spanish Roasted Peppers and Tomatoes).

Recipe: A Spanish chef’s zorongollo, roasted peppers and tomatoes, is divine with anchovies on toast

Recipe: Make zucchini chocolate-chip muffins with that oversized green squash your neighbor gave you

Recipe: Nothing in this savory pudding but corn and custard, and it’s perfect for peak season

travel

Public art is displayed on Wilton Drive in Wilton Manors, Fla., on Friday.

In Florida, ‘Don’t Say Gay’ is now the law, and LGBTQ+ businesses fear the fallout

‘Worst Maine travel piece of the year’: Bangor newspaper slams New York Post column

Patriots placekicker Nick Folk is ‘go with the flow’ on vacation and hopes to get to Germany with his dad

Arts

"Zainab Sumu: Interpretations" gallery.

Zainab Sumu’s fibers of being

Harvard Art Museums stay open late on Thursday for exploring and mingling

These landscapes demand a closer look

Books

Gabino Iglesias is a writer, journalist, professor, and literary critic living in Austin.

Gabino Iglesias and reading for the ‘controlled chaos’ of scary books

Transcending the mundane in “Rabbit Hutch”

Retelling the story of the first superstar in ‘Path Lit by Lightning’

Movies

Kevin Hart (left) and Mark Wahlberg in Netflix's "Me Time."

‘Me Time’? Make that ‘Flee Time’

John Boyega makes ‘Breaking’

MoviePass rises from the rubble. You have until Monday to sign up.

Television

Tom Brady stood on the sidelines during an NFL football game against the Indianapolis Colts on Saturday in Indianapolis.

As gossip about Tom Brady’s 11-day absence continues, one peculiar explanation keeps cropping up

In ‘House of the Dragon’ episode two ‘The Rogue Prince,’ the king must remarry

This week’s TV: A Michael K. Williams memoir, a Steve Carell thriller, and ‘The Rings of Power’ premieres

music

Michael Tilson Thomas leads the BSO in Beethoven's Ninth Symphony.

Michael Tilson Thomas closes Tanglewood on a triumphant note

Jaimie Branch, trumpeter who crossed genre lines, dies at 39

In Lowell, a late-summer sendoff from Aoife O’Donovan and Hiss Golden Messenger

Theater/Dance

Wesley Jones (seated) and Francis Jue in "Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992" at Signature Theatre.

In Anna Deavere Smith’s ‘Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992,’ the voices of a shattered city

Jacob’s Pillow festival closes with mighty Miami City Ballet

A Broadway detour brings ‘Sing Street’ to the Huntington

globe local

The Remond family’s suffrage trail marker is unveiled in Salem by Michael Selbst, to the delight of Adelaide Solomon-Jordan, a relative of the Remond family, and her son, Ross Stanton Jordan.

Markers give suffragists their due: ‘If they did it back then, we can do it now’

Should Massachusetts enact a junk food tax?

Two ducks are let loose in a cemetery

Obituaries

Creator of the Trapper Keeper, E. Bryant Crutchfield, dies at 85

Carl Croneberg, explorer of deaf language and culture, dies at 92

Former Patriots offensive coordinator Ernie Zampese dies at 86